Garment hanger



Feb. 18, 1941l A. F. ISAAK GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 26, 1939 2Sheets-Sheet 1 A iiomeys Feb. 18, 1941. [SAA'K 2,232,028

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 26, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor flZZerZsa/ak Patented Feb. 18, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGERThis invention relates to garment hangers, and has for the primaryobject the provision of a device of this character which will permit agarment to be easily placed thereon and removed therefrom without thenecessity of unfastening the garment at the collar or neck portionthereof and includes the usual shoulder engaging portions with aconnecting member and a suspension hook and means which will permitpassing of the garment at the neck or collar portion thereof throughsaid shoulder portions so that one shoulder portion may easily enter thegarment at the neck or collar portion and pass into the sleeve of thegarment bringing the other shoulder portion into position to be freelybrought into the garment at the neck or collar portion so that thegarment may be readily adjusted onto both shoulder portions as usual andalso permits garments having shoulder straps to be readily placed ontothe connecting member by passing the shoulder straps of the garmentthrough the shoulder portions of the device.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certainnovel features. of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front elevation illustrating a garment hanger constructed inaccordance with my invention and showing a garment applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the hanger positioned topermit the garment to be fully applied thereon or removed therefrom.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the hanger.

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a 40 modification of theinvention.

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating another modification of theinvention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the form of the invention as setforth in Figure 5 positioned or arranged to have a garment placedthereon or removed therefrom.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numerals 5 and 6 indicate theshoulder portions of the hanger connected by a member I which is offset,as shown at 8, adjacent to its formation onto the shoulder portions. Theshoulder 'portions are slightly round-ed, as shown at 9, where saidshoulder portions form onto the connecting member I so that either ofthe shoulder portions may be readily inserted into a garment withoutCedar Falls, Iowa 1939, Serial No. 292,123 (01. 223-88) danger ofdamaging or tearing the garment. The shoulder portion 6 terminates in aneye [0 while the shoulder portion 5 terminates in a hook H adapted toenter the eye for detachably connecting the shoulder portions. Asuspension hook l2 forms a continuation of the shank portion of the hookH.

Due to the arrangement of the eye Hi and the hook I l the shoulderportions may be readily unfastened,,the purpose of which is to permitthe shoulder portion 6 to be readily inserted in a garment I3 by way ofthe neck portion thereof without unfastening the garment, as clearlyshown in Figure 2. When the hanger has been positioned in the garment,as shown in Figure 2, with the shoulder portion 6 lying within one ofthe sleeves of the garment the other shoulder portion may then enterfreely into the garment at the neck portion and then he slid toward theother sleeve bringing the shoulder portions into engagement with theshoulder portions of the garment, as clearly shown in Figure 1, with thesuspension hook l2 arranged exteriorly of the garment. The eye I0 isthen brought into engagement with the hook ll. With the hook ll engagingthe eye Hi the shoulder portions are held against relative movement withrespect to each other and also prevents the garment from sliding off ofthe hanger.

To remove the hanger from the garment the hook H is disengaged from theeye 10 and the shoulder portion 6 again brought into one of the sleevesof the garment, as shown in Figure 2, so that the other shoulder portionmay be brought freely out of the garment at the neck and then theshoulder portion 6 withdrawn entirely fro the garment.

A hanger of this character can be manufactured at an extremely low costand will permit garments to be easily and quickly applied and removedwithout the unfastening of the garment which will save a large amount oftime in establishments where a large number of garments are handled orrequired to be placed on and removed from hangers.

A hanger of the character shown and described also may be employed forsupporting garments having shoulder straps. To apply a garment of thiskind to the hanger the eye It is disengaged from the hook I I so thatthe shoulder straps may be passed between the shoulder portions 5 and Gand brought to rest within the offsets 8 of the connecting member Ipermitting the garment to suspend therefrom by the shoulder straps, theoffsets 8 preventing the shoulder straps from moving toward each otherand maintaining them in a prop-er spread position to support the garmenteffectively in a suspended position.

The type of garment hanger described in detail and shown in Figures 1 to3 is preferably con-v structed of a proper gage of wire while the typeof hanger shown in Figure 4 is preferably constructed of wood or similarmaterial and consists of the shoulder portions I4 and I5 joined by aconnecting member I 6 and having a suspension hook I! integral with oneof the shoulder portions. A slot [8 is provided in one of the shoulderportions to bring about separation of said shoulder portions with oneshoulder portion overlapping the other whereby a garment may be readilypassed through said slot at the collar or neck portion thereof to permitone of the shoulder portions to be brought into one of the sleeves ofthe garment positioning the other shoulder portion of the hanger to movefreely into the garment at the collar or neck portion thereof so thatthe hanger may then be readily moved within the garment to bring theshoulder portions of said garment to rest on the shoulder portions l4and Hi. It is preferable that the connecting member It have notches I9for the purpose of receiving the shoulder straps when the hanger isemployed for supporting a garment in a suspended position by itsshoulder straps.

Referring to my modified form of invention as shown in Figures 5 and 6the hanger is indicated in entirety by the character 2|! and ispreferably constructed of a proper gage of wire or similar material andincludes the shoulder portions 2| and 22 joined together by a connectingmember 23 having the offsets 24. The shoulder portion 2| where meetingthe shoulder portion 22 is oi"- set to provide a downwardly extendingprojection 25 and the shoulder portion 22 where the latter meets withthe shoulder portion 2| is bent to form a coil or eye 26 whichterminates in a suspension hook 21. A member 28 is formed onto theprojection 25 and is adapted to substantially parallel the shoulderportion 22 and is bent upon itself to form a member 29 whichsubstantially parallels the connecting member 23 and has its free endbent on itself, as shown at 30, and suitably secured onto the shoulderportion 2| preferably on the under side of said shoulder portion 2| soas not to catch into a garment. The member 28 and shoulder portion 22define a space which will permit a garment to be readily insertedtherein as heretofore described in connection with the other forms of myinvention, that is, when the projection 25 is moved out of the coil oreye 26. The moving of the garment into the space between the member 28and the shoulder portions permits one of the shoulder portions toreadily passinto the garment and one sleeve thereof bringing the othershoulder portion.

into position to freely enter the garment and then permit the garment tobe adjusted on the hanger to bring the shoulder portions of said garmentto rest on the shoulder portions of the hanger. After the application ofa garment onto the hanger of the form shown in Figures 5 and 6 theprojection 25 is placed into the eye or coil 26 which joins the shoulderportions of the hanger so that they will not have relative movement withrelation to each other and also will prevent a garment from slipping offof the hanger while in a fastened condition at its neck or collarportion. The space provided between the shoulder portion 22 and themember 28 when the projection 25 is out of the eye 26 will permit theshoulder straps of a garment to be readily passed between the member 28and the shoulder portion 22 and between the member 29 and the connectingmember 23 so that the shoulder straps can be brought to rest within theoffsets 24 of the connecting member 23.

All forms of the present invention, while differentiating from oneanother through minor changes in construction, have the same commonadvantage of permitting a garment to be readily placed thereon andremoved therefrom without unfastening the garment at its neck or collarportion. Also all forms of this hanger may be economically manufacturedand at substantially the same cost as a conventional type of hanger.

. The types of garment hangers shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6 of thedrawings are preferably constructed of a resilient wire so that theshoulder portions of these hangers will have resiliency thereto normallytending to move apart to provide in the hangers the top opening topermit the garment to be readily placed on said hangers as describedwithout unfastening the garment at the neck portion. Further theresiliency of the shoulder portions tends to retain them in fastenedposition requiring manual effort for the unhooking of said shoulderportions. In the form of the invention as shown in Figures 5 and 6 theportions 28 and 29 coact in permitting this type of hanger to be readilyplaced in a garment without any possibility of tearing or snagging thegarment, consequently this type of hanger is especially useful forfragile types of garments. The type of garment hanger as shown in Figure4, as before stated, is constructed of wood and the shoulder portionsare of a-greater width than the type of hangers constructed from thewire and consequently will not as readily form creases in the shouldersof the garments.

It is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connectionwith the drawings will fully set forth the construction and advantagesof this invention to those skilled in the art to which such a devicerelates, so that further detailed description will not be required.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A garment hanger formed of a single piece of substantially rigid andfiat stock and comprising a substantially flat and elongated body and anupwardly extending suspension hook connected with the central part ofthe top of the body, said body having a lower edge and rounded ends,upper edge portions curving upwardly and inwardly from the rounded endsand having their inner ends merging into the side edges of the shank ofthe hook, said body having an elongated longitudinal extending openingtherein spaced from the lower edge to form a garment supporting barbetween the opening and said lower edge, said body also having a longlongitudinally eXtending slot therein located above the opening andextending from an intermediate part of one upper edge portion to a pointunder an intermediate part of the other upper edge portion where theslot opens out into the opening.

ALBERT F. ISAAK.

